Ocala Regional and West Marion Named Among Nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health

Ocala, FL – Ocala Regional Medical Center and West Marion Community Hospital, part of Ocala Health, have been named to the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.

The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® study identifies hospitals and leadership teams that provide the highest level of value to their communities, based on a national balanced scorecard. The 100 Top Hospitals balanced scorecard measures hospital performance across 10 areas: mortality; inpatient complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993. This is the fourth year that Ocala Regional and West Marion have been recognized with this honor.

“Operational, clinical and financial performance improvement does not happen without the consistent, collaborative efforts of everyone in an organization. This distinction is a true reflection of the efforts of staff and physicians who remain committed to delivering the highest quality care to patients and their families” said Randy McVay, chief executive officer, Ocala Health.

For the 100 Top Hospitals® study, Truven Health researchers analyzed public information – Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data, and core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website. The winning hospitals were announced in the March 3, 2014, edition of Modern Healthcare magazine.

“This year’s 100 Top Hospitals represent the highest national standards in hospital care and management today. They set the benchmarks for peers around the country to follow — consistently delivering outstanding quality of care, satisfaction, and community value at a reasonable cost,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and the 100 Top Hospitals® program at Truven Health Analytics. “The majority of the 2014 award winners have produced year-to-year performance improvement, as well. This speaks to the consistent focus on excellence by the entire organization and the men and women who serve patients.”

The study shows that if all hospitals in the U.S. performed at the level of this year's winners:

Nearly 165,000 additional lives could be saved

Nearly 90,000 additional patients could be complication-free

More than $5.4 billion could be saved

The average patient stay would decrease by half a day

More information on this study and other 100 Top Hospitals research is available at 100tophospitals.com.